[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/17/2003 3:52:19 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 170754
SPSPHI
DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-172100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 AM EDT THU APR 17 2003

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING LIKELY WITH THE OVERNIGHT HIGH TIDES TONIGHT 
AND FRIDAY NIGHT... 

A PERSISTENT NORTHEAST TO EAST FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION. 
THESE ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE 
WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER EASTERN CANADA AND NORTHERN 
NEW ENGLAND...WHILE THE FRONT STALLS TO OUR SOUTH.  

NORMALLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL MOON WILL 
BE EVEN HIGHER AS THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL FUNNEL WATER INTO DELAWARE 
BAY AND UP THE DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. EVEN WITHOUT THE 
ONSHORE FLOW...ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL COME WITHIN HALF A FOOT OF 
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING LEVELS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE 
EXCESSIVE AND SHOULD NOT EXACERBATE THE TIDAL FLOODING.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN LOCATIONS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MINOR TIDAL 
FLOODING...PLEASE MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TODAY. MINOR TIDAL 
FLOODING SHOULD INCLUDE TIDAL PARTS OF TRIBUTARIES TO THE DELAWARE 
RIVER. SOME ROADWAYS THAT ARE PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY BE 
CLOSED TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. 
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR 
LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCTS 
AND INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED BY COMPUTER...CHECK OUT OUR WEB 
SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI

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TFG